Isaya 24
1 Tazama, Bwana ataifanya dunia kuwa ukiwa na kuiharibu, naye atauharibu uso wake na kutawanya wakaao ndani yake:
Look, Yahweh is about to empty the earth, to devastate it, mar its surface, and scatter its inhabitants.
2 ndivyo itakavyokuwa kwa makuhani na kwa watu, kwa bwana na kwa mtumishi, kwa bibi na kwa mtumishi wake wa kike, kwa muuzaji na kwa mnunuzi, kwa mkopaji na kwa mkopeshaji, kwa mdaiwa na kwa mdai.
It will come about that, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the receiver of interest, so with the giver of interest.
3 Dunia itaharibiwa kabisa na kutekwa nyara kabisa. Bwana amesema neno hili.
The earth will be completely devastated and completely stripped; for Yahweh has spoken this word.
4 Dunia inakauka na kunyauka, dunia inanyongʼonyea na kunyauka, waliotukuzwa wa dunia wananyongʼonyea.
The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and fades away, the prominent people of the earth waste away.
5 Dunia imetiwa unajisi na watu wake; wameacha kutii sheria, wamevunja amri na kuvunja agano la milele.
The earth is polluted by its inhabitants because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Kwa hiyo laana inaiteketeza dunia, watu wake lazima waichukue hatia yao. Kwa hiyo wakazi wa dunia wameteketezwa, nao waliosalia ni wachache sana.
Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants are found guilty. The inhabitants of the earth burn up, and few people are left.
7 Divai mpya inakauka na mzabibu unanyauka, watu wote wafurahishao wanalia kwa huzuni.
The new wine dries up, the vine withers, all the merry-hearted groan.
8 Furaha ya matoazi imekoma, kelele za wenye furaha zimekoma, shangwe za kinubi zimenyamaza.
The happy sound of the tambourines stops, and the revelry of those who rejoice; the joy of the lyre ceases.
9 Hawanywi tena mvinyo pamoja na wimbo, kileo ni kichungu kwa wanywaji wake.
They no longer drink wine and sing, and the beer is bitter to those who drink it.
10 Mji ulioharibiwa umekuwa ukiwa, mlango wa kila nyumba umefungwa.
The city of chaos has been broken down; every house is closed up and empty.
11 Barabarani wanalilia kupata mvinyo, furaha yote imegeuka kuwa majonzi, furaha yote imefukuziwa mbali na dunia.
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; all joy is darkened, the gladness of the land has disappeared.
12 Mji umeachwa katika uharibifu, lango lake limevunjwa vipande.
In the city is left a desolation, and the gate is broken into a ruin.
13 Ndivyo itakavyokuwa duniani na miongoni mwa mataifa, kama vile wakati mzeituni upigwavyo, au kama vile wakati masazo yabakiavyo baada ya zabibu kuvunwa.
For this is how it will be on the whole earth among the nations, as when an olive tree is beaten, as the gleanings when the grape harvest is done.
14 Wanainua sauti zao, wanapiga kelele kwa furaha, kutoka magharibi wanasifu kwa ukelele utukufu wa Bwana.
They will lift up their voices and shout the majesty of Yahweh, and will joyfully shout from the sea.
15 Kwa hiyo upande wa mashariki mpeni Bwana utukufu, liadhimisheni jina la Bwana, Mungu wa Israeli, katika visiwa vya bahari.
Therefore in the east glorify Yahweh, and in the isles of the sea give glory to the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
16 Kutoka miisho ya dunia tunasikia uimbaji: “Utukufu kwa Yule Mwenye Haki.” Lakini nilisema, “Ninadhoofika, ninadhoofika! Ole wangu! Watenda hila wanasaliti! Kwa hila watenda hila wanasaliti!”
From the farthest part of the earth we have heard songs, “Glory to the righteous one!” But I said, “I have wasted away, I have wasted away, woe is me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.”
17 Hofu, shimo na mtego vinakungojea, ewe mtu ukaaye duniani.
Terror, the pit, and the snare are upon you, inhabitants of the earth.
18 Kila akimbiaye asikiapo sauti ya hofu atatumbukia shimoni, naye yeyote apandaye kutoka shimoni, atanaswa kwenye mtego. Malango ya gharika ya mbinguni yamefunguliwa, misingi ya dunia inatikisika.
He who flees from the sound of terror will fall into the pit, and he who comes up out of the middle of the pit will be caught in the snare. The windows of the heavens will be opened, and the foundations of the earth will shake.
19 Dunia imepasuka, dunia imechanika, dunia imetikiswa kabisa.
The earth will be completely broken, the earth ripped apart; the earth will be violently shaken.
20 Dunia inapepesuka kama mlevi, inayumbayumba kama kibanda kwenye upepo; imelemewa sana na mzigo wa hatia ya uasi wake na ikianguka kamwe haitainuka tena.
The earth will stagger like a drunken man and it will sway back and forth like a hut. Its sin will be heavy on it and it will fall and never rise again.
21 Katika siku ile Bwana ataadhibu nguvu zilizoko mbinguni juu, na wafalme walioko duniani chini.
On that day Yahweh will punish the host of the heaven in the heavens, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
22 Watakusanywa pamoja kama wafungwa waliofungwa gerezani, watafungiwa gerezani na kuadhibiwa baada ya siku nyingi.
They will be gathered together, prisoners in a pit, and will be shut up in a prison; and after many days they will be punished.
23 Mwezi utatiwa haya, nalo jua litaaibishwa; kwa maana Bwana Mwenye Nguvu Zote atawala juu ya Mlima Sayuni na katika Yerusalemu, tena mbele ya wazee wake kwa utukufu.
Then the moon will be ashamed, and the sun disgraced, for Yahweh of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders in glory.
